Chapter 80: The King's Face

Several people gazed at the magnificent palace, under the rising morning sun, it emitted a blinding golden light, which is also what people have always pursued.

The people of Beneficial State, or rather, the adults, or the children who are about to become adults, use this to measure their strength.

Feng Yan gazed at that blinding golden light, shielding his eyes with his hand, wondering if that light was truly worth pursuing? Feng Yan thought, his family, his parents, for this golden thing left their home and came to that unfamiliar city, all for one reason——that the wages in the city were higher than back home, in order to, supplement the household.

For Feng Yan, maternal love, paternal love, are both lacking; as he grew day by day, his older brothers and sisters gradually also began to leave home one after another, and only around New Year would he stay at home for a short half month, or even less.

Feng Yan lowered his arm, the morning sunlight fell on Feng Yan's face, Feng Yan's eyes stared fixedly at the sun before him, sorrowful yet extremely resolute.

Feng Yan thought: 'This is probably what is called reality; we have all been defeated by it, yet we must still struggle to live on, even if we lose our souls and forget our original aspirations. But adults say, being busy makes life more fulfilling. In fact, it is merely because, once they stop their work, they begin to panic.'

"We should go down now; the soldiers are already waiting below." Feng Yan lowered his head, the soldiers had already surrounded the area below, and then the king slowly walked out from among the soldiers.

"Adventurers, does the fact that several of you have appeared here prove that you have already found a method that could bring happiness to the civilians of the entire Beneficial State?" The king raised his head and asked the adventurers on the mountaintop.

Feng Yan held the old box in his hands, the king also stared fixedly at the box in Feng Yan's hands, the king believed that inside must be an opportunity to bring wealth to the whole country.

Sunlight fell on Feng Yan's face; he lowered his head to glance at the king's greedy gaze, then turned his head to look behind, where the bounty hunters had already received orders and were blocking the rear.

Feng Yan looked at the king with eyes full of extreme disgust; the king did not care about Feng Yan's gaze, his eyes had long been occupied by that old treasure chest, the king thought: 'Inside must be an extremely precious treasure, definitely worth a lot of money; if I obtain this treasure chest, then my position in this country will surely become more secure!'

How could Feng Yan not know the king's thoughts? Feng Yan directly threw the old box toward the king, and then the soldiers each moved toward the box's location; in just a few seconds, the old treasure chest fell to the ground with a cracking sound, the king's heart almost broke, yet when the king stepped forward to look, he smiled again.

It turned out that the old treasure chest was merely a disguise for the treasure; after Feng Yan threw it down from a height, the chest revealed its true form!

The carving on that treasure chest was extremely exquisite; the outer part was a beautiful wood-grain relief, inside was set with glittering gold; after a long time, the gold had not seen sunlight for a long while, but this time the king lifted the treasure chest and began to admire it.